Manage Stocks, Bonds, and Notes — All in One Place
SYNDi Online's Investments module gives your organization a unified system to track equity positions, fixed-income holdings, and term notes — with full GL integration, lot-level costing, and reporting that ties to your financials.
Four concepts. Everything else follows.
The Investments module is built around a clean four-layer hierarchy. Once you understand it, every screen and workflow in the module makes sense — whether you're setting up a new bond, recording a stock purchase, or generating accruals.
All three asset types — Stocks, Bonds, and Notes — share the same underlying mechanics. The terms change per instrument, but the logic doesn't.
One model. Three instruments.
Template → Instrument → Holding → Lot. This hierarchy governs Stocks, Bonds, and Notes equally. Learn it once and every transaction, posting screen, and report will feel familiar — regardless of which asset type you're working with.
Template
Defines the GL accounts and calculation methods (costing, accrual, amortization) that an instrument type uses. Set once per instrument type in Setup.
GL + Calculation RulesInstrument
The security itself — ticker, CUSIP, coupon rate, maturity date, terms. One instrument record per security, shared across all holders.
The SecurityHolding
Your organization's position in an instrument. One instrument can have multiple holdings — for example, held across different funds or legal entities.
Your PositionLot
An individual purchase, costed on sale using FIFO by default. Gives you precise per-lot cost basis for accurate gain/loss calculation.
Individual PurchaseThree modules. One familiar workflow.
Stocks, Bonds, and Notes each have a dedicated module with the specific fields and screens their instruments require — but the Template → Instrument → Holding → Lot structure is identical across all three.
Stocks
Manage equity positions with a combined Investment + Holding maintenance screen. Run market valuations manually or import bulk prices via CSV or Excel.
Bonds
Track coupon-paying fixed-income instruments with built-in accrual and amortization generation. Supports rate resets and auto-generates unposted accrual documents on schedule.
Notes
Manage term notes and their accruals using the same structure as Bonds — with accrual generation flowing into the same posting review screen for consistent control.
Setup is the foundation — get it right once.
Everything in Setup > Investments flows downstream. GL Templates determine how every transaction posts; Classifications and Optional Fields shape how you slice and report your portfolio.
GL Templates
Set separately per instrument type. Defines the posting accounts, costing method, and (for bonds and notes) accrual and amortization methods. One template governs all instruments of that type.
Classifications
Reporting dimensions — sector, region, rating, or any grouping your organization uses. Includes a manual Sort field so that scales and grouped reports read in the correct order.
Optional Fields
Custom fields per asset type, completely separate from Contact and Loan optional fields. Extend the data model without touching the rest of the platform.
Module & Feature Switches
The Investments module must be enabled under Setup > Company > Modules & Features, with individual switches per instrument type — Stocks, Bonds, Notes — turned on separately.
Where to find it
All Investments configuration lives in a single location. Enable the module first, then configure each instrument type you need.
Record → Review → Post. Every time.
Every transaction — purchase, sale, coupon, accrual — follows the same lifecycle. Posted entries are permanent. Reversals create a new document, never an edit-in-place.
Record
Create the transaction. Unposted — fully editable and deletable at this stage. No GL impact yet.
Generate
For bonds and notes: auto-generate unposted accrual and amortization documents via the Generate function.
Review on Posting Screen
Filter by date, tick rows, see live counts of items queued for posting or deletion.
Post
Moves the position and writes the journal entry to GL. One-time, permanent. Posted entries are never edited in place.
Reverse if Needed
Correct an error by posting an explicit reversing document — preserving the audit trail both ways.
Full Feature List
Reports that tie to your GL — not around it.
Investments reports are available from within each module or from the central Reports Menu. The currency toggle is the most common source of confusion — and the easiest to resolve.
Functional Currency Reports
Converted to your company's reporting currency. This is the default — and the view that ties directly to your GL. Always start here when reconciling.
Source Currency Reports
Shows transaction values in the currency they were recorded in. Useful for verifying individual positions, but won't match the GL unless your reporting currency and transaction currency are the same.
Portfolio Reports
Accessible per-module (Stocks, Bonds, Notes) or from the central Reports Menu. Slice by Classification dimensions — sector, region, rating — using your configured sort order.
GL Tie-Out
If a report doesn't match the GL, check the currency toggle first — switching from Source to Functional resolves the discrepancy in most cases. It's not an error; it's a toggle.
The most common reporting question — answered.
If your Investments report total doesn't match your GL balance, the answer is almost always the same: you're looking at Source currency instead of Functional.
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Book a Free Demo →Common questions about the Investments module
Yes — they're completely separate. The Investments module manages your organization's Stocks, Bonds, and Notes as company investments. Syndication handles investor participations in loans on the lending side. The two modules don't share data or workflows.
Yes. One instrument (the security itself) can have multiple Holdings — for example, the same bond held across different funds or legal entities within your organization. Each holding tracks its own position and lots independently.
FIFO (First In, First Out) by default. When you sell or dispose of a position, the system costs against the earliest-purchased lots first, giving you an accurate cost basis and gain/loss calculation per lot.
No — posted entries are permanent, consistent with SYNDi's posted-is-permanent rule used across the lending side. If you need to correct a posted transaction, you do so by creating an explicit reversing document. This preserves a complete audit trail in both directions.
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